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Title	[Wedding photograph of Mary McCaffrey and Joseph J. McCaffrey, circa 1953-1955]
Date	1953-1955
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	Korean War, 1950-1953 United States. Navy--Women
Era	Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch	Navy--Navy Nurse Corps
Item description	Mary McCarffrey is seen here with her husband, Joseph J. McCaffrey, on their wedding day, circa 1953-1955. Mary McCaffrey is wearing her Formal White Dress Uniform.
Veteran's name	McCaffrey, Mary Ward
Veteran's biography	Mary Ward McCaffrey (b. 1931) served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1955 . McCaffrey was born in 1931 in Canton, Massachusetts, and spent the majority of her adolescence in the Boston, Massachusetts area. She attended Catholic school and participated in the 4-H Club, as well as the American Legion Auxiliary . After graduating high school in 1949, McCaffrey attended Massachusetts General Hospital for three years, working as a clinical teaching intern in nursing, and assisting in the Emergency Room and Obstetrics/Gynecology Ward. In December 1952, McCaffrey decided to join the United States Navy. She was sent to Saint Albans Naval Hospital in Long Island, New York, where she learned about basic military training. She was then sent to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and worked in numerous nursing wards, including Neurology, Orthopedics, Mental Health, and Labor and Delivery . While stationed at Camp Lejeune, McCaffrey met her future husband, and they were married on December 31, 1954. In lieu of a honeymoon, McCaffrey accompanied her husband to Florida for his United States Marine Corps flight training, before she returned to North Carolina.
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0555 Mary Ward McCaffrey Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0555.6.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900815763

[Wedding photograph of Mary McCaffrey and Joseph J. McCaffrey, circa 1953-1955]

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